GraphExpo.com SHOWDAILY McCormick Place | Chicago, IL | USA Co-located Show: Sunday, September 13, 2015 GRAPH EXPO 15 is set to "Transform" Chicago, with the industry's most advanced technologies and products out in full force. (continued on page 62) (continued on page 62) NEWS BRIEFS FUTURE PRINT, sponsored by FlexTech Alliance, is presenting two free Experiential Lab demonstrations at 2:00 and 4:00 pm in Booth 4436. A SPECIAL EVENT with The Paper & Packing Board/How Life Unfolds™, Two Sides North America, and Choose Print is taking place at 3:00 pm in The Printerverse (Booth 3867). QUAD/GRAPHICS is presenting Augmented Reality - Bridging the Gap between Print and Digital in 'The Hiring Hub: Closing the Skills Gap!' (Booth 570). SKILLS USA presenting an overview of the SkillsUSA graphic communications contest and the company teamwork required for success in 'The Hiring Hub: Closing the Skills Gap!' (Booth 570). GRAPH EXPO 15: GASC’s Ralph Nappi PrintingNews.com/12113683 GRAPH EXPO 15: IDC's Tim Greene PrintingNews.com/12113676 GRAPH EXPO 15 Main Stage for Industry Mega-Event PrintingNews.com/12078966 INSIDE DAY 1 Applications Island.......................... 8 Bigger Than Ever: Deliver-The Mailing & Fulfillment Center......... 24 Exhibitor List................................. 30 Exhibitor Map.................................32 Introducing the Industrial Printing Pavilion............................ 38 The Return of CPP EXPO............40 Inkjet! Inkjet! Inkjet! At GRAPH EXPO 15, leading market players fuel the inkjet explosion with new products and technologies TBy Toni McQuilken he past few years have seen an explosion in the inkjet category—a fact brought home by the multitude of exhibitors at GRAPH EXPO 15 offering products and technologies that touch on this digital output process. Every part of the process, from the machines to the inks to the substrates, has benefitted from huge leaps in quality, fueling the switch many print service providers (PSPs) are making from offset to digital technologies—inkjet in particular—for an increasingly broad range of applications. The pace of that transition will only continue to gain speed. “Part of what is leading to that growth is the availability of a larger set of substrates,” says Ed Wong, Director of Product Marketing, Ricoh Production Printing Group for Ricoh Americas Corp. (Booth 1231). “As the adoption of high-speed inkjet has grown, paper mills have been paying attention, working to continue to expand the types of paper that can be utilized with inkjet presses. There is a trend towards printing on a much broader set of media—and with inkjet technology being able to print at a quality level much closer to offset—paper manufacturers are being able to offer far more choices to printers than in the early days.” “We are also seeing a strong attempt made by paper manufacturers to get into the production inkjet market,” echoes Francis A. McMahon, Senior Vice President, PPS Marketing, Canon Solutions America, a subsidiary of Canon USA (Booth 1213). “These companies are increasingly developing paper specifically for high-speed inkjet printing and are working with manufacturers to test and certify multiple papers.” The wider range of substrates is not the only factor fueling growth in the inkjet market. Increasingly, the technology is driving costs out of print, allowing PSPs to see greater returns on projects that would have been cost prohibitive on inkjet just a few years ago. More efficient, productive machines at lower price points are allowing more shops to enter the market. “Companies are looking for ways to drive costs out of their business,” notes Ken Hanulec, EFI Vice President of Marketing, Inkjet (Booth 1902). “They are doing what they can to be profitable; if they could, they would split pennies in half if it would help profitability. They want new equipment, new processes, and new technologies that will all help with profitability. That is the core tenet at EFI: if we release any innovation, it has to be something brand new that the market sees as a better way to do something or it must help eliminate costs from existing technologies.” “Print quality and media versatility will remain the key drivers of inkjet’s mainstream adoption in 2016,” says David SDiscover New Paths for Print’s Future ummer’s end means autumn is beginning, a perfect time to consider your company’s path to success. And there is no better place to do that than GRAPH EXPO 15, notes Ralph Nappi, President of both The Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) and NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies. Lean in as he shares what makes GRAPH EXPO 15 the standout industry event, and discusses the new and exciting show floor additions that will help you determine the pathway of your business in the years to come. Show Daily: Why is “Transform” the theme of GRAPH EXPO 15? Ralph Nappi: This year’s show theme, “Transform,” was chosen because it captures both the imperative and the essential strategy for growth and success in our industry. Leading by example, GRAPH EXPO 15 is identifying new paths for the future of print. Throughout this year’s industry event, visitors will discover current industry trends, explore live demonstrations of the latest technologies, and find new solutions to their challenges. Ralph Nappi
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